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From designing your home with the builder down to the smallest details

Melissa and her team want your home to be a reflection of who you are and how you live. Born and raised in Charlotte, Melissa has enjoyed a 30-year career as an Interior Designer and Construction Specialist working in the Queen City, neighboring towns, as well as projects all over the country from Washington, DC to California.

After receiving her bachelor’s degree in Furnishings and Interiors from the University of Georgia in 1992, Melissa came back to Charlotte and was brought into the world of construction by a fellow interior designer and, from there, the rest is history. She has been lucky to work with many of Charlotte’s top builders on homes that range in size and style and prides herself on being able to work in many different genres.

Not all of her clients are construction clients, many are simply looking to update their furnishings. Melissa mostly enjoys residential design, but several times in her career she has worked on commercial projects.

Additionally, she has designed three motorhomes for NASCAR families with both Newell Coach and Featherlite Coaches, who then featured her work on their website. In 2020, Melissa added a new genre of design work to her repertoire and began work on the upfit of a super yacht in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Her team includes Operations Manager, Jennifer Peppler, along with Junior Designer, Kinsey Peppler, and Jill Franklin, part-time Interior Design Assistant. Together, our team is your “vehicle” for achieving your finished look that is well executed and will still feel very personal to you.

AWARD WINNING INTERIOR DESIGNER

Crown Design Group of North Carolina

We have won multiple awards for our designs in Homearama, Parade of Homes, showhouses and, in 2019, we were selected among the top Charlotte-area designers to participate in the 2020 IDS Showhouse in Davidson, NC to design the Modern Farmhouse Dining Room.

Our work has appeared on TV in the Showtime series ‘Homeland’, and, most recently, one of our projects appears multiple times in a Hulu docu-series filmed in the Palm Beach area in 2020.

In 2018, our work was selected as one of seven homes in Charlotte to be featured in the Mint Museum’s “Mad About Modern” tour.

Melissa’s work has been on the cover of several Charlotte and Lake Norman magazines, is sometimes used as a set for different national catalog photo shoots, and has also been featured in the national publication of the ITC Millwork catalog for 3 years running. Her work is also showcased in the Koetter Woodworking catalog, and one of her designs is shown in the Koetter Woodworking Museum at their headquarters in Borden, Indiana.

Testimonials

Here are two responses I received to an email I sent asking about your work. In addition, [your former client] Pat called me virtually 10 minutes after I sent the email and gave you the highest marks. It seems as though everyone, owners and contractors alike, enjoy your positive work and are eager to share their feelings. Since we are positive too, [we] would definitely like to hire you as our designer if you can accept the job!

Susan

Regarding the project, it has been a pleasure working with you and it was fun to celebrate a little and enjoy the house together. I have appreciated your attention to detail and the thoughtful composition of colors and form around the house that incorporate our own personal style but in a more tasteful and sophisticated way than I think we could have achieved on our own. I enjoy something different about the house every day and truly appreciate all that you have done for us.

Greg

Marcia and I have had great experiences with Melissa. She is a pleasure to work with! We give Melissa our full endorsement for design talent, integrity, flexibility, being a good listener, and for providing multiple options. We have recommended Melissa to many friends and family who are also delighted with the results. She has done multiple interior design projects for us spanning over 8 years. Melissa also served as our design consultant during the building of our house with Augusta Homes. Melissa is flexible on meeting during weekends or off hours. She has extensive connections in the industry and brings a great eye for scale, design and fabrication. She has access to what appears to be an unlimited assortment of fabrics and furniture. Also, Melissa will present multiple options given the resources that you have for a particular project.

Charlie & Marcia

She was a huge asset to the builder, his subs, and the architects. They commented multiple times that having her to work with helped keep them on schedule and made their lives so much easier. It also took a lot of burden off of us because in most cases, they were able to work directly with her for answers and did not need us at all! 🙂 She was definitely respectful of our time and extremely flexible. We really let her loose to be creative and pull together an integrated vision from the exterior to the interior and the results speak for themselves. Every detail works together. The comments we get when people tour the house are amazing – even many of the subcontractors have said this is their favorite house on which they’ve ever worked. Some who worked on the project in it’s earlier phases, come back by and ask to walk through the house.

Kim

Our relationship with Melissa and her team started on a relatively small project but quickly turned into an entire house renovation. Working with her and her team is EASY. Melissa listens and is very creative, often surprising us with things we would have never chosen on our own, but that are always PERFECT. She is now helping us decorate our mountain house. I wouldn’t use anyone else.

Robert and Nicole

We’ve worked with Melissa and her team for more than ten years. During that time, we completed a large-scale Mediterranean remodel and built a new home with a modern design and couldn’t be happier with the results! Melissa is hands-on, detailed, creative and, most importantly, she has adapted with us over the years as our tastes have changed. Building our Lake Norman dream home was very time consuming and stressful, but Melissa made it fun and helped us far exceed our expectations. We will definitely use her again and can’t wait to start the next project!

Chris & Julie

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Whether your style is classic elegance or mid-century modern, we would love to learn more about you and make your interior design project a reflection of who you are.

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